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Re:The EU Terrorist Content Regulation – a threat to the eco... by DyslexicAtheist on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @08:16AM (#18502401)
thank you. this is exactly my point. the only reason this is implemented is to shield those in power further and allow them to hunt down anyone who they deem in violation of what constitutes their version of free speech.
Re:The EU Terrorist Content Regulation – a threat to the eco... by Vinnl on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @08:44AM (#18502577)
Note that this is not yet implemented.

However, the main point is that "would even cheer for fascists" includes "would even cheer for people hunting down anyone who they deem in violation of what constitutes their version of free speech", which doesn't seem like a very effective way to fight exactly that.

Re:The EU Terrorist Content Regulation – a threat to the eco... by DyslexicAtheist on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @09:12AM (#18502779)
if you have a radical group on the left that would remove these people from power then these would automatically be labeled fascists. fascists are automatically terrorists if their ambition is to overthrow the status-quo.

So if I had instead originally written "I would cheer for terrorists", would have made it more sense? I wrote fascist because it seemed to capture our times better. I could have also written "criminals". It would not made any difference.

A good example of where this may impact us is the Catalan government wanting to split from Spain. Will blogs from these people be deemed of terrorist nature then? So even it is not yet implemented, putting this forward as a proposal is pretty outrageous.

Re:The EU Terrorist Content Regulation – a threat to the eco... by Vinnl on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @09:32AM (#18502902)
You don't have to convince me that this proposal is bad - I agree with you. I'm pointing out that your alternative (supporting terrorists, fascists, or whatever) is even worse. If you support terrorists that terrorise those trying to get this passed, that support will also help terrorists that, say, want to terrorise people who campaign for Catalan independence.